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Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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THE ARCHITKCT AND ENGINEER ^ 34 ► JUNE, NINETEEN THIRTY-THHEE south of Mexico City) we took a little nar-rou gauge railway which starts from Mor-elia and runs over some incredibly steepgrades in the mountains down into the hotcoffee country to a place called Uruapan.There we found the real old Mexican at-mosphere untainted by modern influences.Already we had had beautiful opals offeredus for a mere song at the railway station ofQueretaro — reminding us of Prescotts stands in the portales or among the sur-roundings trees. In some places old menand women sat before their wares with im-mobile faces, their taciturnity making usfeel that Indian blood was in their veins.At other places the venders were youngerand gayer, consisting of pretty girls andswains who furnished music of mandolinand guitar. The entire scene was lightedsolely by torches and the populace moved
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COVERED BRIDGE AT URUAPAN. MEXICOPhoto by Elmer Grey Stories of Mexican treasure and of the oldSpaniards ways of torturing the inhabi-tants to make them tell where thev had hid-den it—but here at Uruapan we found thepeople, the customs and the costumes whichfitted in with such a picture. It was dusk when we arrived and somekind of a fete w^as going on (they havethem in Mexico rather often!). The peoplefor miles around had brought in their waresto sell — pottery, hand-wrought copperutensils, serapes. etc. These they had de-posited often right on the cobble-stones ofthe public square, the venders squattingdown behind them; but elsewhere they weredisplayed more pretentiously on raised in and out of the flickering lights and darkshadows thus formed, their brilliantly col-ored serapes. broad rimmed hats andswarthy faces lending just the right noteto the theatrical effect. The hotel in Uruapan was crowded andhad only one vacant room left. It had nowindows but only a door opening upon ap

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